Big Mama Thornton Blues singer born in Alabama
If you have never heard of this lady, she was something else. I heard of her years ago as part of a greatest women collection. Her version of "Hound Dog" is quite different from the Elvis Presley version.
https://www.oxfordamerican.org/magazine/item/1098-the-thinning-of-big-mama
http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1573
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frsBq9MCNVg
Final performance... she was not even 60 here. Definately a hard life.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbdUjHmCHA4
https://www.oxfordamerican.org/magazine/item/1098-the-thinning-of-big-mama
http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1573
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frsBq9MCNVg
Final performance... she was not even 60 here. Definately a hard life.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbdUjHmCHA4